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by viraptor 3695 days ago
Out of band, very public signatures. Of course this only works for fairly known people, but the reporter example could be easily covered by that solution. Publishing signatures with every article for example.

This fails for two anonymous people... but that's "by design" of being anonymous.

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This fails for two anonymous people... but that's "by design" of being anonymous

It's almost like a tautology: by definition, someone who is anonymous has no identity to authenticate.